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The Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway runs parallel to the Atlantic Ocean -- and too close for comfort, critics say.  By OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT (AFP)

Nigerian mega-highway faces down rising seas, protected forests

Jun 8, 2026 | Nigeria

The long, grey concrete road stretches out a stone's throw from the Atlantic Ocean waves relentlessly crashing against t ...

Jun 8, 2026 | Nigeria

There are two ways to think about electric vehicles in Nigeria. The first is that it's beyond folly to own an EV in a ...

Jun 7, 2026 | Nigeria

Several hundred people kidnapped by

Jun 5, 2026 | Nigeria

As dawn breaks over Nigeria's Okomu National Park, an exhausted wildlife caretaker prepares milk formula for Agbaibor, a ...

Jun 4, 2026 | Nigeria

Gazing at two large engraved 16th-century elephant tusks on display at Nigeria's National Museum Lagos, a guide surprise ...

Jun 3, 2026 | Nigeria

A Nigerian judge on Wednesday found four men guilty in a high-profile terrorism trial over a 2022 church massacre, while ...

Jun 1, 2026 | Nigeria

The Network Against Corruption and Trafficking (NACAT) has issued a strongly worded condemnation of the Nigerian governm ...

May 24, 2026 | Nigeria

Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu will run for re-election in January, with the leader of Africa's most populous nation se ...

May 20, 2026 | Nigeria

Nigeria rsquo;s anti-graft agency has arrested former power minister Saleh Mamman, days after a court sentenced h ...

May 19, 2026 | Nigeria

Rearing up beside a busy highway in Lagos, the imposing pink structure is hard to miss -- welcome to China Town, bringin ...

May 18, 2026 | Nigeria

A wonky mosaic in the shape of Nigeria plays a subtly telling role in Arie and Chuko Esiri's Cannes Film Festival break- ...

May 18, 2026 | Nigeria

The Lagos of Arie and Chuko Esiri's Cannes Film Festival hit Clarissa is not one that has ever been seen on the big sc ...

May 16, 2026 | Nigeria

A senior Islamic State group leader, described as the most active terrorist in the world , has been killed in a joint o ...

Do you support or oppose Parliament’s passage of the Anti‑LGBTQ+ Bill 2026?

Started: 30-05-2026 | Ends: 31-08-2026